On April 2nd, 2025, President Myrna Maloney Flynn delivered powerful testimony opposing the Doctor-Prescribed Suicide bill S.1486 before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health.
In her testimony, President Flynn highlighted three critical truths about Doctor Prescribed Suicide (DPS). First, she explained that DPS damages the trust between patients and physicians, as doctors cannot be both healers and providers of death. She then addressed the dangers of DPS, citing the risks posed by misdiagnoses, financial pressures, and exploitation of vulnerable patients. Finally, she warned that DPS corrupts the medical profession by forcing doctors to falsify death certificates, betraying both the integrity of medicine and the trust patients place in their caregivers.
Read the full testimony and learn why President Flynn urged lawmakers to reject S.1486 here.
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